The objectives of the Green Investment Scheme (GIS) Project are to reduce CO2 emissions and emissions of air pollutants, to increase the use of renewable energy sources and to improve energy efficiency in the residential sector of the Czech Republic.
... See More + Investments in energy efficiency in the country's housing sector, including new passive family houses and apartment buildings are not expected to cause significant adverse environmental and social impacts. They are expected to have a net positive effect due to the incremental reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Less energy-efficient houses will be replaced with more efficient ones and part of the new housing construction in CZ will be more energy efficient than the baseline. As the investments would decrease consumption of fossil fuels (brown coal and natural gas), there will be reduction of emissions of other pollutants like PM10, SOx and NOx from small combustion sources as permanent and cumulative positive impact. Local ambient air quality becomes a serious problem in many municipalities and areas and the GIS Program will contribute to the better local air quality. Potential adverse environmental impacts are summarized as follows: a) dust and noise due to construction; b) generation of construction wastes, accidental spillage of machine oil, lubricants, etc; c) pollution and/or changes of hydrological regime of the ground waters due to the impacts of heat pumps operating within deep strata of ground water; and d) biomass installations might cause local pressures on biomass sources as the markets with fuel wood are partially local. These impacts are minor and easily manageable during project implementation.
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The objectives of the Green Investment Scheme Project are to reduce CO2 emissions and emissions of air pollutants, to increase the use of renewable energy sources and to improve energy efficiency in the residential sector of the Czech Republic.
... See More + Negative impacts include: relocation or loss of shelter; lost of assets or access to assets; or loss of income sources or means of livelihood, whether or not the affected persons must move to another location; or the involuntary restriction of access to legally designated parks and protected areas resulting in adverse impacts on the livelihoods of the displaced persons. Mitigation include: 1) acquisition of land and other assets and shifting of people will be avoided and minimized as much as possible; 2) only project affected peoples (PAPs) who are found to be living in, doing business, or cultivating land, or having rights over resources within, the project area as the date of the census (cut-off date) are eligible for compensation for loss of assets, other assistance and rehabilitation for social and economic losses. PAPs will be compensated for affected land, either through receiving replacement land or replacement cost for their land; 3) all compensation for affected land, structures, and other fixed assets shall be paid at replacement cost; 4) the resettlement transition period will be minimized and the acquisition of assets, compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation for a segment/section or phase (except where long-term rehabilitation measures such as vocational training) will be completed at least one (1) month prior to the initiation of construction work under the respective segment/section or phase thereof; 5) in the case of a partial impact on the assets, i.e., partial loss of land or structures and the remaining assets remain viable for continued use, compensation for the affected assets will be paid in cash; and 6) in case of land for land for residential and commercial sites, the Implementing Agency shall provide PAPs the appropriate plot of land with basic services such as electricity, water, drainage, emergency sanitation service, and access at least at the pre-project level.
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